Mentions:
1: Rebecca Long Bailey (LAB - Salford and Eccles) Frontline charities, such as United Response and Age UK, have responded that the Government’s plan falls - Speech Link
2: Helen Whately (CON - Faversham and Mid Kent) That comes down to supporting end-of-life care—hospices play a really important role in providing that - Speech Link
3: Steve Barclay (CON - North East Cambridgeshire) Minister for Social Care, I had a very useful roundtable with key stakeholders, including the cancer charities - Speech Link
4: Andy Carter (CON - Warrington South) However, the charities that run hospices around the UK are finding it incredibly difficult to raise funds - Speech Link
5: Helen Whately (CON - Faversham and Mid Kent) , and I fully support hospices as a sector. - Speech Link
Asked by: Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi (Labour - Slough)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 7 March 2023 to Question 151378 on Hospices Energy, what his Department's current assessment is of the impact of the cost of energy on the hospice sector.
Answered by Helen Whately - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
The Energy Bill Relief Scheme provides a discount on the wholesale element of gas and electricity bills to ensure that all eligible charities, including hospices and care homes, are protected from high energy costs over the winter period. Although no specific assessment has been made in regard to hospices, following a Treasury-led review, the new Energy Bill Discount Scheme which will run from April 2023 until March 2024, will continue to provide a discount to eligible non-domestic customers, including the health and care sector.
Mentions:
1: Bambos Charalambous (LAB - Enfield, Southgate) efforts because they care so much about the services provided by hospices.As has been the case for many charities - Speech Link
2: Munira Wilson (LDEM - Twickenham) We know that hospices are heavily reliant on fundraising, and in recent years, children’s hospices have - Speech Link
3: Neil O'Brien (CON - Harborough) , charities and the people who support them do to ensure that dignity, care and compassion are present - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Duncan-Glancy, Pam (Lab - Glasgow) Will the minister agree to meet relevant charities and MSK groups as a matter of priority? - Speech Link
2: Minto, Jenni (SNP - Argyll and Bute) We are considering the issues that Scottish hospices raised at their meeting in March with the then Cabinet - Speech Link
3: Balfour, Jeremy (Con - Lothian) Hospices will start closing if help cannot be sourced to match the national health service pay offer. - Speech Link
4: McNair, Marie (SNP - Clydebank and Milngavie) minister meet me and representatives of the hospice to discuss those pressures and how we can assist hospices - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Somerville, Shirley-Anne (SNP - Dunfermline) to information on charities’ operations. - Speech Link
2: Stevenson, Collette (SNP - East Kilbride) As Children’s Hospices Across Scotland told us,“Charities are in a privileged position with regard to - Speech Link
3: Choudhury, Foysol (Lab - Lothian) any opportunity to participate in such consultations.The Scottish Women’s Convention and Children’s Hospices - Speech Link
4: O'Kane, Paul (Lab - West Scotland) We all want charities in Scotland to be well-governed and transparent and to be charities that people - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Briggs, Miles (Con - Lothian) Government will stand by the First Minister’s commitment in March for a new national funding framework for hospices - Speech Link
2: Somerville, Shirley-Anne (SNP - Dunfermline) I recognise that many hospices, and, indeed, many charities in the third sector, are facing challenges - Speech Link
3: Briggs, Miles (Con - Lothian) In conclusion, homeless charities across Scotland and cross-party voices are raising the alarm. - Speech Link
Jul. 24 2023
Source Page: Domestic consumers with non-domestic energy supply contracts: call for evidenceFound: as contracts which are typically used to serve non-residential properties, such as businesses or charities
Mar. 31 2023
Source Page: Watchdog finds “serious misconduct and/or mismanagement” at hospice charity that spent less than 6% on charitable activitiesFound: required them to significantly increase the proportion of the charity’s income spent on supporting hospices
Asked by: Martin Docherty-Hughes (Scottish National Party - West Dunbartonshire)
Question to the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero:
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what support is available for (a) hospices and (b) care homes to meet their energy costs.
Answered by Amanda Solloway - Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
The Energy Bill Relief Scheme provides a discount on the wholesale element of gas and electricity bills to ensure that all eligible charities, including hospices and care homes, are protected from high energy costs over the winter period. Following an HMT-led review, the new Energy Bill Discount Scheme, will run from April 2023 until March 2024, and continue to provide a discount to eligible non-domestic customers, including the health and care sector. Both energy schemes apply across all of the United Kingdom, including Scotland. The Government will continue to engage with devolved administrations in its design and implementation plans for the new scheme.
Written Evidence May. 11 2023
Inquiry: Assisted dying/assisted suicideFound: We want to ensure that everyone has access to good palliative care - in hospitals, in hospices,